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Linus shouts out Windows 3.11 with the release, 20 years later, of Linux 3.11
Well, he almost got it released 20 years to the day after windows 3.11; as it is he's pushing 3.11-rc5.
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1308.1/01817.html
Sadly, the numerology doesn't quite work out, and while releasing the
final 3.11 today would be a lovely coincidence (Windows 3.11 was
released twenty years ago today), it is not to be.
Instead, we have 3.11-rc5.
Which is showing signs of calming down, and is noticeably smaller than
previous rc's (both in number of commits and in size of patch). Let's
hope that trend isn't just a fluke.
There really doesn't seem to be anything major here. The radeon
changes are likely the most noticeable, but many of them are for the
dynamic power management that is still off by default.. Other than
that, misc media fixes, arch updates, some small filesystem updates
etc. Nothing really stands out.
final 3.11 today would be a lovely coincidence (Windows 3.11 was
released twenty years ago today), it is not to be.
Instead, we have 3.11-rc5.
Which is showing signs of calming down, and is noticeably smaller than
previous rc's (both in number of commits and in size of patch). Let's
hope that trend isn't just a fluke.
There really doesn't seem to be anything major here. The radeon
changes are likely the most noticeable, but many of them are for the
dynamic power management that is still off by default.. Other than
that, misc media fixes, arch updates, some small filesystem updates
etc. Nothing really stands out.